How to Address the Human Resource Challenges of a Nonprofit Organization

Addressing the human resource challenges of a nonprofit organization will have to do with how you deal with personnel. Address the human resource challenges of a nonprofit organization with help from a senior financial analyst in this free video clip.

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Hi, I’m Jackie Jackson, and I’m going to talk to you about how to address the human resource challenges of a non-profit organization. Now, every organization has its challenges when it comes to dealing with personnel. However, there are some specific challenges that a non-profit faces. First, the board of a non-profit organization tends to be much more involved in the day-to-day activities of that company than what happen in a private organization. And, that’s because when you’re dealing with the public money, or when you’re dealing with people’s donations, there’s much more scrutiny of how that money is being spent. Second, one of the major sources of employee labor in a non-profit organization can be volunteers, and that’s because there’s restrictions on how much money can be spent on employees. And, these volunteers may be very well-meaning, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they have the skills necessary to do what the non-profit needs them to do. Also, they don’t have the same dedication to their responsibilities, because they are not paid employees. And finally, we’re going to get to the paid employees, and it’s fairly obvious in a non-profit organization you don’t have as much money to pay them as you do in a for-profit. So, it’s necessary to create additional incentives for the employees so that they feel that they are valued, and so that they have an incentive to perform their job well.